Washboard.



PATENTED JUNE 6, 1905. v

B. F. TYLER. WASHBOARD.

APPLIUATION FILED HA3. 7, 1904.

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ziorne UN TED STATES Patented June 6, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TYLER, OF COSHOOTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOLINUS E. TYLER, OF COSHOOTON OHIO.

WASHBOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 791,516, dated June 6,1905.

Application filed March 7, 1904:. Serial No. 196,876,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TYLER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Ooshocton, in the county of Coshocton and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washboardsand I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the anneXed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, in which Figure 1 is a face view of the washboard,showing the wire upon the slats located at an an le to a horizontalline. Fig. 2 is a detac ed vlew of one of the slats, showing the slatpartially Wrapped and illustrating the wire located at an angletransversely across the face of the slat. Fig. 3 is a detached view ofone of the slat-holding bars. Fig. 4 is a face view of the board,showing the opposite side of the board from that illustrated in Fig. 1and showing the Wire in horizontal planes transverse to the slats. Fig.5 is a detached view of one of the slats, showing the wire locatedthereon and the wire located in planes transverse to the slat.

The present invention has relation to washboards; and it consists in thepeculiar construction hereinafter described, and particularly pointedout in the claim.

In the accom anying drawings, a represents the side orleg members of theframe of the washboard, to which members are attached in any convenientand well-known manner the slat-holding bars I), said slats being spacedfrom each other a distance equal to the length of the slats, orsubstantially so and said bars arranged to hold the slats a in properposition by means of the grooves f or their e uivalents. The slats a areformed of a lengt sufiicient to provide a washboard having the desiredamount of rubbing-surface. The slats a are spaced a short distance fromeach other at their adjacent edges.

The wires d are connected at their ends to the slats a in any convenientand well-known manner, and the wires are so wound that one face of eachslat will present the wires located in horizontal planes transverse tothe slats, and the opposite faces of the slats will present the wireslocated at an an 1e to a horizontal plane transverse to the slats, bywhich arrangement I am enabled to provide a double-faced washboard, oneface thereof presenting rubbing-wires located in horizontal planestransverse to the slats and the other face of the washboard presentingrubbing-wires located at angles to horizontal planes.

The slats a may be so arranged that the rubbing-wires of the slats willbe located at different inclinations, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

For the purpose of holding the wires (1 in proper spaced relation withreference to each other the slats are provided with the notches c andthe wires seated in the notches, as illustrated in the drawings.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a double-faced washboard a suitable frame, slats held in fixedrelation with the frame and provided with rubbing- Wires Wound aroundthe slats in such manner that they lie at right angles to the length ofthe slats on one of the faces, and are inclined to the length of theslats on their opposite faces, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TYLER.

Witnesses JAMES GLENN, ELISHA S'rooKUM.

